The Grip cartoons: vols. I & II, May 1873 to May 1874

Chapter 16: No. 14. “Wanted, a Good Stout Boy.”

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A curated selection of satirical cartoons re-rendered and presented with a brief introduction and concise annotations by the artist. The plates use caricature, visual puns, and topical pastiche to critique parliamentary scandals, civic disputes, public commissions, and notable public figures, shifting between single-panel gags and recurring motifs. Explanatory notes accompany each image to clarify local allusions and the cartoonist’s intent, so the sequence functions both as humorous commentary on contemporary public life and as an organized record of editorial opinion.

No. 14.
“Wanted, a Good Stout Boy.”

There were those, of course, who saw an evidence of weakness in the Governor-General’s use of his prerogative of prorogation in accordance with the advice of the accused Ministers. But perhaps a “stouter boy” would have done little better in that difficult and delicate case, and certainly few “boys” could have done the work of the “place” generally so as to secure more of the peoples’ respect and admiration than Lord Dufferin enjoys.

September 6th, 1873.

No. 14.

“WANTED, A GOOD STOUT BOY.”

Canada to Britannia.—“IT WAS KIND OF YOU TO SEND HIM OVER, MOTHER; HE’S A GOOD BOY ENOUGH, BUT HE’S TOO LIGHT FOR THE ‘PLACE’!”